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CVE-2023-3297 (GCVE-0-2023-3297)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-01 20:49 – Updated: 2024-09-30 20:19

Summary

In Ubuntu's accountsservice an unprivileged local attacker can trigger a use-after-free vulnerability in accountsservice by sending a D-Bus message to the accounts-daemon process.

Severity

8.1 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-09-30 20:18 UTC

CWE

CWE-416

Assigner

canonical mitre root Scorecard

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6190-1	vendor-advisory
https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-20…	third-party-advisorytechnical-description
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/account…	issue-tracking
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CV…	issue-tracking

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
Canonical Ltd.	AccountService	Unaffected: 23.13.9-2ubuntu2	guessed

Date Public

2023-06-28 12:00

Credits

Kevin Backhouse

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FKIE_CVE-2023-3297

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-09-01 21:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:13

Severity

8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

In Ubuntu's accountsservice an unprivileged local attacker can trigger a use-after-free vulnerability in accountsservice by sending a D-Bus message to the accounts-daemon process.

References

URL	Tags
security@ubuntu.com	https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accountsservice/+bug/2024182	Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
security@ubuntu.com	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-3297	Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.com	https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2023-139_accountsservice/	Exploit, Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.com	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6190-1	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accountsservice/+bug/2024182	Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-3297	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2023-139_accountsservice/	Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6190-1	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
canonical	accountsservice	*
linux	linux_kernel	-
canonical	accountsservice	*
canonical	ubuntu_linux	23.04
canonical	accountsservice	*
canonical	ubuntu_linux	22.10
canonical	accountsservice	*
canonical	ubuntu_linux	22.04
canonical	accountsservice	*
canonical	ubuntu_linux	20.04
canonical	ubuntu_linux	20.04
canonical	ubuntu_linux	22.04
canonical	ubuntu_linux	22.10
canonical	ubuntu_linux	23.04

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GHSA-GR7P-26MX-9PGW

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-09-01 21:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 07:22

Details

In Ubuntu's accountsservice an unprivileged local attacker can trigger a use-after-free vulnerability in accountsservice by sending a D-Bus message to the accounts-daemon process.

Severity

8.1 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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GSD-2023-3297

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:20

Details

In Ubuntu's accountsservice an unprivileged local attacker can trigger a use-after-free vulnerability in accountsservice by sending a D-Bus message to the accounts-daemon process.

Aliases

CVE-2023-3297

Aliases

CVE-2023-3297

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MSRC_CVE-2023-3297

Vulnerability from csaf_microsoft - Published: 2023-09-01 00:00 - Updated: 2025-02-11 00:00

Summary

In Ubuntu's accountsservice an unprivileged local attacker can trigger a use-after-free vulnerability in accountsservice

Scope

1 vulnerability in this advisory, including CVE-2023-3297.

CVE-2023-3297

8.1 (High)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Fixed: 1 product Known affected: 1 product

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-linux/tutoria…

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UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3297 (CVE-2023-3297)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2023-06-28 12:00 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:45 – Source website

Details

In Ubuntu's accountsservice an unprivileged local attacker can trigger a use-after-free vulnerability in accountsservice by sending a D-Bus message to the accounts-daemon process.

Severity

8.1 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.8 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-3297	REPORT
	https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-20…	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6190-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6190-2	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3297	REPORT

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